Scripture Reading: Matthew 6:19-34
The Christian life is very simple if only we understand it. It has only one principle — single-hearted devotion to God. Paul stated this principle when he said, “To me to live is Christ” (Phil. 1:21) Jesus states it here also when He says, “Seek ye first His kingdom, and His righteousness.”
In our present passage we have a whole scheme of life. To begin with, we must find something real and permanent to live for. It concerns the matter of possessions. Earth’s banks are not absolutely safe, and if they were, they are not eternal. We are immortal, and we must find a place of deposit secure for immortal years. “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.”
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